Bruce Springsteen - Bishop Danced lyrics

Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman
Did a double-quick back flip and
Slid across the floor
The Catholic traffic flowed freely
'cross the river
And fiddlestick fiddled quick out
The front door
Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree
If the bow breaks mama might fall
Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely
Mama knows 'rithmatic
Knows how to take a fall
Mama knows 'rithmatic
Knows how to take a fall

And the kids are crying
"Flapjacks, make'em fat
Early in the mornin'
Little Jack, grab your hat
Hear the breakfast call
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" like they're born

Well maverick daddy got one-eyed bride
She glides like a monkey-mule kicking
On the back slide over hill, over hill
Daddy don't you spill now
Papa got a switch stick
He's pumping little Bill
Papa got a switch stick
He's pumping little Bill
And Billy, he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk
Daddy better duck now"
The Mohawks, the Mohawks
They're still out there in the woods
Monatuk, Ocanuk
Runnin' through my dreams now
With fire on their fingertips
And indian screams
With fire on their fingertips and
Feathers made of moonbeams

Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried
"I seen the sailor's warning
In the western sky"
Well mountain man, if you can
Cut me down a fir tree
Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me
And my darling cried, she said "Honey
The weathervane
Lately it's been pointing the way to heaven
Scatterbrains, scatterbrains
Watch out where you fall
Champagne, champagne
A round for all the old choir boys
They're busting off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall
They're bustin' off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall

And the kids are crying
"Flapjacks, make'em fat
Early in the mornin'
Little Jack, grab your hat
Hear the breakfast call
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" like they're born